Record 658,450 in Hawaii’s Labor Force

Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.5%, Lower Rate in all Counties and Islands in March

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March was 4.5 percent, down from 4.6 percent in February. Statewide, there were 628,750 employed and 29,700 unemployed in March, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 658,450. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in March, unchanged from February.